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Brit backpacker found dead in Cambodian hostel with friend

A British backpacker and her Canadian friend have been found dead in a hostel after taking medicine for an upset stomach.

Natalie Jade Seymour, 22, from Stotfold Beds, and Abbey Gail Amisola, 27, from Winnipeg, were found dead in the Monkey Republic Guest House in the south western city of Kampot in Cambodia.

The pair are believed to have died after taking tablets they bought over-the-counter at a chemist after feeling unwell.

Natalie Seymour told her mother she "wasn't feeling well" via a text message. (Supplied) ()Ms Seymour (pictured) was travelling with her friend, Abbey Amisola, who was also found dead in the Monkey Republic Guest House. (Supplied) ()

"It seems they were very close friends who were travelling together,” a Monkey Republic hostel spokesperson told the Daily Mail.

“They arrived together and went around together. This is now in the hands of the police but there is nothing suspicious about their deaths.

"One of the staff saw them (the night before they were found dead) and asked if they were going to eat in the restaurant, but they said they weren't going to be eating.

"They did have a lot of water in their room. Everyone is very upset about it."

The pair are believed to have bought over-the-counter medication. (Supplied) ()

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Recent photos from Ms Seymour's Instagram account showed her travels around southeast Asia with her most recent snap taken on the Cambodian paradise island of Koh Thonsáy, which is off the Cambodian coast.

Ms Seymour’s mother, Wendy, 60, told the Daily Mail her daughter’s last text message said she “wasn’t well” and “might go and get something to make her feel better”.

Ms Seymour posted a number of photos on her Instagram account of her holiday. (Supplied) ()

“My daughter had already told me she wasn't well and said she might go and get something to make her feel better,” she said.

“The hotel manager was going up and down with drinks and told them they should go to a medical centre. They decided to sleep it off but never woke up again, or that's what I hoped. And then they were found by, I don't know.

“She was staying in the Monkey Republic Guesthouse with her friend, they were doing all these sight-seeing things, she loved all that sort of stuff.

“She told us every day where she was going to be going and what she was going to be doing, she always really wanted to travel and just wanted a break from work.”